2023 — A Year Of Hope For Freedom From Land Use Restrictions
As remarkably beneficial as Amateur Radio has been to the public for over 100 years, the urbanization of America has been accompanied by the casting of a net of restrictions that have increasingly circumscribed residential Amateur Radio operation. The FCC’s…
Rep. Bill Johnson Introduces Bill to Eliminate Private Land Use Restrictions on Amateur Radio
Congressman Bill Johnson (OH-6) introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R.9670) on Thursday, December 22, 2022, to eliminate private land use restrictions that prohibit, restrict, or impair the ability of an Amateur Radio Operator from operating and…
Rep. Lesko Introduces Bill to Replace Symbol Rate Limit with Bandwidth Limit
Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 9664) on December 21, 2022, to require that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) replace the current HF digital symbol rate limit with a 2.8 kHz bandwidth…
Volunteers on the Air (VOTA 2023)
2023 will be celebrated by ARRL as “The Year of the Volunteer.” More information will be available throughout the year as the details are confirmed. However, the first adventure has been announced as a project called “Volunteers On The Air…
Arctic Weather and Seasons Greetings
Folks, The next few days are going to be very cold. Please do Not take this Severe Cold weather lightly.Thankfully we will only see this severe cold for a few days. We must be prepared for it and use extreme…
10 meter contest Dec 10 & 11
The annual ARRL 10 meter SSB and CW contest is happening this weekend. This 10 meter contest is an opportunity for Technician license class hams (and higher classes too),to get some HF air time! When the 10 Meter is open…
SKYWARN Recognition Day Set for December 3, 2022
SKYWARN Recognition Day Set for December 3, 2022 The annual SKYWARN™ Recognition Day (SRD) on-the-air activity will take place Saturday, December 3, 2022, from 0000 to 2400 UTC. For US time zones, activity begins on the evening of Friday, December…
San Angelo Amateur Radio Club (SAARC) 100th anniversary
The San Angelo Amateur Radio Club (SAARC), based in San Angelo, Texas, celebrated their 100th anniversary on October 15, 2022. The club has engaged in a century of community service; science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education; emergency preparedness, and…
Hurricane Watch Net
Tuesday, November 8, 2022 @ 11:00 AM EST (1700 UTC) The Hurricane Watch Net is in Stand-By Mode. The Hurricane Watch Net is closely monitoring the progress of Tropical Storm Nicole. Nicole is forecast to make landfall somewhere along the…
W1AW 2022 Winter Operating Schedule
Morning Schedule: Time Mode Days ——————- —- ——— 1400 UTC (9 AM EST) CWs Wed, Fri 1400 UTC (9 AM EST) CWf Tue, Thu Daily Visitor…